Emiliano Figueroa

Emiliano Figueroa (12 July 1866-15 May 1931) was President of Chile from 6 September to 23 December 1910 (succeeding Elias Fernandez Albano and preceding Ramon Barros Luco) and from 23 December 1925 to 10 May 1927 (succeeding Luis Barros Borgono and preceding Carlos Ibanez del Campo. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Chile.

Biography
Emiliano Figueroa was born in Santiago, Chile in 1866, and he worked as a lawyer before entering politics as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Chile. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1900, and he served as Justice Minister from 1907 to 1909. In 1910, after President Pedro Montt and acting President Elias Fernandez Albano died within a month of each other, Figueroa became acting President, serving for three months. Figueroa was considered to be a harmless politician, and he was a consensus pick for President in 1925, as the Liberal Party of Chile, Radical Party of Chile, and Conservative Party of Chile wanted to calm political tensions by agreeing on a candidate. He kept the ambitious Carlos Ibanez del Campo as Minister of War, and later named him Minister of the Interior. In 1927, Ibanez had Figueroa's brother Javier Angel Figueroa, President of the Supreme Court, arrested, leading to Figueroa resigning and Ibanez assuming dictatorial powers. Figueroa died in a car accident in 1931.